When your body doesn't look good.......
What do ya do when ya get one out of the box and it looks like this?
Here it is, lined up with an older issue of the same kit:
Something happened to it as it came out of the mold, I suspect:
Soooooooo.......I whacked it in half:
Cut the chassis up, too:
I decided to take off the molded in stuff with the ol' Dremel:
Here it is without that junk:
I filled in the gaps with sheet stock:
Added a brace to the body:
I used my trusty clamps to attach the pieces to the body:
I scratched out a tongue:
Fixed up some Keystones and redlines:
After a bit of fiddlin', and scratchin', I got it to this point:
Stay tuned for more!!
Building models since 1963.
Taking up space on the bench: '53 Ford Pace Car, '58 Impala, '63 Boss Nova, '67 FOOSE Dodge, '67 Puma GT, '72 Dodge Van, '73 Mustang, Dodge V-100